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E. C. MECHLING.

PLAYER PIANO AND PHONOGRAPH.

nwucnxou FILED OCT. 12. 915.

1,3 1 1 ,663. Patented July 29, 191.9.

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COMPANY, or CHICAGO; rumors, A oonromwron 0E PLAYER-PIANO ANDwPHQNOGRAPH-i Specification of Iietter's Patent.

Patented Jmyaa, 1919.

Application filed October 12, 1915; Serial No. 55,549.

To all whom it m y concern:

Be it known thatI, ELIZABETH C. MECH- LIN'G, a oi'ti'zen of the United States, and resident of New York city,in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Player-Pianos and-Phonograph's; of which the following is a specification.

The invention relatesto' a combined player piano and phonograph of thetype in which either of these sound producing instrumentali'ties may he actuated separately or simultaneously;

One of the objects of the invention is to provide in a conventional form of player piano asimple form of spool box which can be utilized not only as a spool box but as a phonograph casing.

Another object of the invention is to provide a phonograph as a. complete article of manufacture designed to be assembled with player piano spool boXesas an attachment thereto and the invention further contemplates an arrangement whereby the horn element of the phonograph utilizes the opening in the spool box as its sound discharge port through the front of the piano casing,

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will be in part obvious from an inspection of the accompanying drawing's and part will be more fully set forth in the following particular description of one form of mechanism embodying my invention, and the invention also consists in certain new and novel features of construe tion and combmation of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed. 7 7

Referring to the accompanying" draw- 1n igure 1 is a view in front elevation showing aportion of a playerpiano provided with a preferred embodiment of my nvention attached to the spool box element thereof;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow; and

Fi 3 is a horizontal sectional view showing t e form of shutter opening from the phonograph horn and taken on the l1ne 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, there is shown a portion of a conventional form of player piano casing 10,- including a top 126 There is also shown aconventional :form of rectangular spool" box- 13 provided with roll supporting bear ngs 14, take-up spool 15 and actuating mechanism Indicated diagrammatically by the gear 16, all as is usual in well known forms of instruments of character.v

- The" spool box is modified over well known forms ofth'es'e devices by omitting-the u f per portlon of the rear wall above the tra'cker'bar 1'7 and by omitting the top; of the spool'box. V p A phonograph indicated general'h hy the reference character 18' positioned on top of the spool box -as thus modified This phonograph is formed of conventional parts and includes" a supporting. base 179' the ffont portion of which constitutes a substitute for the removed top of the spool The portion of the phonograph positionedtothe reafof the spool ho)? is of abox form 20 and coacts with the upper rear portion" of the spool box to constitute a horn for receiving sounds from th'etone arm 21 positioned ontop of thehase19'. The tone arm carries the usual sound 1570x122 designed to disposed in operative playin position ith reference t a playing; d'sk mounted upon aturn-table 24. This turn-table isposition'ed on to of the" base 19' and is accessible from the ront of the piano.

The front wall 27-, of the phonograph horn is positioned back, of the spool actuating mechanism and constitutes the back wall of the; upper portion of the spool box. This wa1l 27 is curved" downwardly and rearwardly With aconcav'ed (:IHV'e 130 fit 21150111; the r011 s ool 28 ;carried by the, bearing 14. In orde to provide a shu-tterform to this wall 27 the same is slittedvertically as shown in Fi .1 with the slotted portion bent rearwardlyto form inclined openings designed to permit sound to pass from the horn.

The usual motor for rotating the turntable is indicated by the rectangle delineated at 30, and the winding shaft shown in section at 31; from which it may be understood that said motor is located within the rear one of two chambers which are contained in the total unitary structure which results from applying the phonograph base 19 as the top of the original or usual roll box, and the phonograph horn with its apertured from end 29' as the back of the roll box In A$SIGNOR womnnvrnnn ommi PIANO this resulting structure the forward one of said two chambers constitutes the roll box proper, and the rear chamber, being, as stated ,the phonograph horn, accommodates the phonograph motor, as described. 1

By means of this device it is possible to cause the phonograph sounds to issue from the piano casing without providing any opening therefor in :addition to the usual spool box opening. V

r The phonograph element may be sold as a separate article of manufacture and installed on the usual spool box simply by removing the "top and upperportion of the back and this can be done without otherwise affecting the player piano.

As the phonograph found outlet into the piano spool box" is of shutter formythe phonograph actuating mechanism is hid from view and at the same time the sound is free to pass from the horn as is usual with phonographs now in general use;

; I claim.

7 1 1. The combination of a player piano comprising a case having a recess opening at the front ofthe case and 'inclosed fromvthe L remainder of'the' cavity of the case; a tracker bar andnote sheet mounted in such recess; a I phonograph mechanism mounted within the plano case and comprising a sound con- "duit, said sound conduit leading to and open- 7 ing through the back part of, saidrecess into the same. V

' 2. The combination of a player piano comprising a casing having an opening in its front wall above the keyboard, a phonograph 'comprisin'ga sound conduit and amplifier leading tosaid opening and constituting a recessjinclosed from the remainder of the cavity of thepiano case, and 'a'tracker bar and note-sheet propelling in recess. r w V 3. In combination with a player piano comprising; a, case. including a 'note sheet compartment opening through the front wall of the case abovei'the keyboard, a

" tracker barand note-sheet-propellingsmeans,

the tracker bar horizontally disposed insaid 1 compartment and comprising a. partition dividing it into two chambers, a phonograph V mechanism within the piano caseand com:

1 we a; mime s me i means mounted 1 prising a sound-amplifier opening into the back part of one of said chambers.

4. In a combined player piano and phonograph, thercombination of a spool box, a

phonograph mechanism provided with a horn opening into said spool box.

5. In a combined player piano and phonograph, the combination of a piano casing a structure for supporting within said case.

ing the tracker and spools of the player mechanism, said structure comprising a forwardly open front chamber containing the tracker and spools, and a rear chamber constituting the phonograph horn, and an apertured partitionbetween said two chambers;

6. In the structure defined in claim 5 foregoing, the partition between said two chambers having its apertures consisting of upanddown-extendingslits. V

7. In the structure defined'in claim 5 foregoing, the partition between said chambers having its apertures consisting of slits of which one marginal lip is deflected out of 'the plane of'the general direction of said partition.

.8. In the structure definedin claim 5 forc going, the partition between the two chambers being in general direction inclined so as to face forwardly anddownwa'rdly."

9. In the structure definedinclaim 5 foregoing, the partition betweenjthe two chambers being in general inclined so as to face forwardly and downwardly, and having its apertures consisting of a multiplicity of slits. V V l 10. V In the structure defined in claim'5 foregoing,the motor for the phonograph record carrier being located inthe rear one'of'said 7 two chambers.

V 1'1. In a combined player piano and phonograph, the combination. with a spool phonograph constituting an attachment to the spool box structureand' provided with a horn opening through said open back, 7

pWi'tnesseS; f V i WILLIAM H. KIRGHNER, V JAooB J. Rosn TrrA relatively 'narrow upeand down-extending 3 box structure'having an open back, of 1 EL Z BEirn c. nerm ne; H 

